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It appears Google has stopped publishing device-specific source code for Pixel phones (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As noted by the news release from CalyxOS and Mastodon thread from GrapheneOS, Google did not release the Pixel device-specific source code alongside their Android 16 AOSP release like they usually do. I think many of us, including myself, are hoping this will be published in the near future, but considering they moved AOSP development behind closed doors earlier this year, it's more likely Google has stopped publishing this section or their code altogether, making development of custom ROMs for Pixel devices significantly more difficult. Sad news for the Android ecosystem, and for open source in general.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which ones don't? I'd be very interested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly is rare to find a feature phone that runs android around here as most run some other java based software.

In any case, here are 3 (although there are more):

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Doro runs MocorOS, which, while not Android, is closed-source and proprietary. So technically yes but I'm not sure it's any better.

The Nokia runs KaiOS (AKA Android)

The Punkt seems like a suitable option. Although $300 seems like a difficult pill to swallow for such a simple device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I've seen some other alternatives (including Java) but I don't have time to search them all.